Thamnasteria Explained
Thamnasteria is a genus of extinct stony corals.
Species
The following species of Thamnasteria have been described:
- T. abukumaensis
- T. andranomarivensis
- T. aspera
- T. bevoayensis
- T. bonanomii
- T. communis
- T. concinna
- T. concinnaformis
- T. coquandi
- T. cotteaui
- T. defrancei
- T. dendroidea
- T. dumonti
- T. felixi
- T. globosa
- T. gracilis
- T. heterogenea
- T. hoffmeisteri
- T. huzimotoi
- T. imlayi
- T. iranensis
- T. jaccardi
- T. japonica
- T. jezoensis
- T. kobyi
- T. latistellata
- T. leptopetala
- T. lobata
- T. loryi
- T. lyelli
- T. maeandra
- T. mammosa
- T. matsushitai
- T. mettensis
- T. microconos
- T. miyakoensis
- T. moreana
- T. naumanni
- T. nicoleti
- T. ogawaensis
- T. patina
- T. pseudopaliformis
- T. racemosa
- T. rhaetica
- T. rumignyensis
- T. scita
- T. seriata
- T. settsassi
- T. sinuata
- T. sinuosa
- T. smithi
- T. tenuissima
- T. terquemi
- T. tokushimaensis
- T. tonantzinae
- T. torinosuensis
- T. yuraensis
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Triassic to the Eocene (from about 247.2 to 33.9 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Europe, United States, Canada, China, Japan, Pakistan, Colombia (Coquina Group, La Guajira), India, Thailand, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Madagascar, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico and Peru.[1] M. LeSauvage, the author of thegenus was a physician in Caen. He wrote numerous papers on medical subjects but his other interest was in palaeontology and especially the fossils of Calcaires de Caen the type locality of the genus Thamnasteria.
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=6921 Paleobiology Database
